idiographic and nomothetic

Question 1

nomothetic approaches try to establish…

groups or people or individuals??

Answer 1

establish general laws for everyone

and study groups of people

Question 2

idiographic approaches focus on…

and do they establish general laws??

Answer 2

individual differences

def- they study individuals without intending to establish general laws of B

Question 3

Is a correlational study a nomothetic or idiographic method?

Explain your answer.

Answer 3

nomothetic method because it tries to establish general conclusions about whether two variables are associated.

Question 4

which research methods are nomothetic

Answer 4

experiments

correlational studies

Question 5

Nomothetic methods use ……. data because they are trying to establish general laws about …….

Answer 5

quantitative

an entire population

Question 6

Name two idiographic methods of data collection.

Answer 6

unstructured interviews
open questions
thematic analysis
case studies

Question 7

Which of the approaches primarily use nomothetic methods?
(4)

Answer 7

behaviourist
slt
biological
cognitive

Question 8

Which approach says that psychology should only ever be idiographic?

Answer 8

humanistic

Question 9

Which approaches sometimes use idiographic methods, but primarily use nomothetic methods and ultimately aim for nomothetic theories?

Answer 9

behaviourist
cognitive
biological
social learning theory or slt

Answer 10

aims for nomothetic theories, but only uses idiographic methods.

Question 11

what type of data does the idiographic approach use and why

Answer 11

qualitative because in order to understand B in detail you need to study unique individuals in depth to get quality vs quantity